Two-wheeled vehicle



(No Model.) O. S. BEEBE.

TWO'WHEELED VEHICLE.

N0. 349,558. Patented Sept. 21, 1886.

I V A I UNITED STATE PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES s. 'BEEBE, OF RACINE, WISCONSIN.

TWO-WHEELED VEHICLE...

. C FICA ON forming part of Letters Patent No. 349,558, dated September 21, 1886.

Application filed June 26, 1886.

To all whom it may concern.--

Be it known that I, CHARLES S. BEEBE, of Racine, in the county of Racine, and in the State of \Visconsin, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Two-\Vheeled Vehicles; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof.

Myinvention relates to that class of vehicles generally termed road-carts, and'has for its objects to improve the same by the construction of a 'foot-restthat can be more easily manufactured, and at thesame time give more horse room back of the cross-bar and a better brace for the driver than those ordinarily employed. These objects I attain by the construction hereinafter described, with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 represents a top plan view of a road cart provided with my improved foot-' rest; Fig. 2, a side elevation of the same, and Fig. 3 a detail perspective View of the seat and foot-rest.

Referring by letter to the drawings, A represents the axle, B the cross-bar, and 0 the shafts rigidly connected to said axle and bar.

Pivoted at their front ends to the cross-bar B are the springs E, that have their rear ends turned up and carried back toward the front of the vehicle,so as to come over and rest upon the axle A. Pivotally connected at their forward ends to the springs E are bars F, that support the seat G, the height and width of the latter being determined by means of angu= lar brace-irons E, that have their ends respectively secured to said springs and seat-bars. The rear ends of the springs E are prevented from vertical displacement, and at the same time permitted to have horizontal and lateral ous styles of road-carts, the same are, for the sake of convenience, preferably illustratedin connection with the one above referred to. Suspended from the seat-bars F are the usual Serial No. 206,315. (No model.)

hangers, K, to which are attached the slats that in connection wit-h said hangers form my improved foot-rest.

The main slats L of my foot-rest are either straight or curved,as may be found desirable, and have their front ends bolted or otherwise suitably secured to the hangers K at b. The rear ends, 0, of the main slats are preferably secured upon a rear transverse slat, M, that is bolted to the hangers; but this latter slat may be omitted, and these rear ends of the main slats directly connected to said hangers. A forward transverse slat, N, is bolted or otherwise suitably secured at its ends to the hangers K, and is similarly connected to the main slats L where it crossesthe latter. The transverse slats M N form foot-rests for the driver, the latter one being principallyemployed to brace against, while the former-is useful when it is necessary or desirable for said driver to stand up in the vehicle. Near their front ends I connect the main slats L and hangers K by means of angle-irons P, that form braces for the feet of the driver when the latter has his legs stretched out their full length. The main slats L preferably cross each other, as shown at d, but if desired they may have their rear ends, 0, secured to the rear transverse slat, M, without crossing.

By the employment of a foot-rest such as I l what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a two-wheel vehicle, the foot-rest thereof, having its main slats extended from front to rear, wherebya triangular space is left back of the cross-bar, and a transverse rear slat interposed between the rear ends of said main slats and the hangers, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

2. In a t wo-wheel vehicle,the foot-rest thereof, having its main slats extended from front to rear, whereby a triangular space is left back of the cross-bar, and a transverse slat having its ends secured to the hangers and its central portion likewise connected to said mainslats, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

3. In atwo-wheel vehicle, the foot-rest thereof, having its main slats extended from front to rear, whereby a triangular space is left back of the cross-bar, and brace-irons connecting said slats and the hangers near theirfront-ends, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

4. In atwo-wheel vehicle,the foot-rest thereof, having its main slats crossing each other and extended from front to rear, and a central transverse slat secured to the hangers, and

4 main slats near to and in front of where the latter cross each other, substantially as set forth.

5. In a two-wheel vehicle,the foot-rest thereof, having its main slats crossing each other and extended from front to rear,a central transverse slat secured to the hangers,and main slats near to and in front of where the latter cross each other, and brace-irons connecting said main slats and hangers near their front ends,

substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

6. Inatwo-wheel vehicle,the foot-rest thereof, having its main slats crossing each other and extended from front to rear, a transverse rear slat interposed between the rear ends of the main slats and the hangers,a central transverse slat secured to said hangers, and main slats in front of Where the.1atter cross each other, and brace-irons connecting these main slats and hangers near their front ends, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand, at Racine, in the county of Racine and State of Wisconsin, in the presence of two witnesses.-

CHARLES S. BEEBE.

WVitnesses:

GEO. A. WEST, J. E. BUSH. 

